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Focus on Energy recently awarded a $66,000 grant to Ministry Health Care to fund a program that saves energy when non-clinical computers are not in use, according to a release sent Monday.

When a non-essential or non-clinical computer is out of use for two hours it automatically goes into a "sleep mode" which significantly reduces the amount of energy it consumes. All computers needed for constant operations or important patient care that cannot be put to sleep were identified and excluded from the program.